Chapter 127 - Adoption of Children and Adults
- ADOPTION OF ADULTS
- ADOPTION OF CHILDREN
- 127.010 - Jurisdiction of district courts.
- 127.013 - Transfer of proceedings to Indian tribe.
- 127.017 - Extent to which court must give full faith and credit to judicial proceedings of Indian tribe.
- 127.020 - Adoption of minor children; ages and consent.
- 127.030 - Who may petition.
- 127.040 - Written consent to adoption or for relinquishment to authorized agency: Acknowledgment; when consent required.
- 127.043 - Consent to adoption required before placement in adoptive home; exception.
- 127.045 - Release for or consent to adoption and investigation required before appointment of guardian for child to be adopted; exception.
- 127.050 - Agencies which may accept relinquishments and consent to adoption; reimbursement for certain costs.
- 127.051 - Agency responsible for care of child and entitled to custody; termination of placement.
- 127.052 - Agency to determine whether child is Indian child; notification of child’s tribe.
- 127.053 - Consent to adoption: Requisites.
- 127.055 - Consent to adoption: Attesting witnesses may make self-proving affidavits to be attached to consent.
- 127.057 - Consent to adoption: Copy to be furnished to agency which provides child welfare services within 48 hours; recommendations; confidentiality of information; unlawful acts.
- 127.058 - Consent to adoption: Person to whom consent is given has legal custody of child until hearing on petition for adoption.
- 127.060 - Residence of petitioners: Adoption of two or more children.
- 127.070 - Validity of releases for and consents to adoption.
- 127.080 - Consent to specific adoption or relinquishment for adoption cannot be revoked or nullified; exceptions.
- 127.090 - When consent unnecessary.
- 127.100 - Entitlement of petitions, reports and orders.
- 127.110 - When petition may be filed; contents of petition; limitation on entry of adoption order.
- 127.120 - Petition to be filed in duplicate; investigation, report and recommendation; court may order independent investigation; costs.
- 127.123 - Notice of filing of petition to be provided legal custodian or guardian of child.
- 127.127 - Affidavit setting forth fees, donations and expenses required to be filed; waiver.
- 127.130 - Confidentiality of reports; petitioner may rebut adverse report.
- 127.140 - Confidentiality of hearings, files and records.
- 127.150 - Order of adoption or return of child; presumption of child’s best interest after adoption is granted.
- 127.152 - Adopting parents to be provided with report which includes medical records and other information concerning child; regulations.
- 127.155 - Validation of certain orders and decrees.
- 127.157 - Report of adoption, amendment or annulment of adoption to State Registrar.
- 127.160 - Rights and duties of adopted child and adoptive parents.
- 127.165 - When action to set aside adoption may be brought; presumption of child’s best interest after adoption is granted.
- 127.171 - Right to visitation of child by relatives; limitations.
- 127.180 - Appeals from orders, judgments or decrees.
- 127.186 - Adoption of child with special needs; financial assistance to adoptive parents under certain circumstances; waiver of court costs of adoptive parents; regulations.
- AGREEMENTS FOR POSTADOPTIVE CONTACT
- 127.187 - Requirements; court to retain jurisdiction; no effect on rights of adoptive parent as legal parent.
- 127.1875 - Notice of agreement to court.
- 127.188 - Inquiry by court before entering order or decree of adoption.
- 127.1885 - Petitions to court by natural parents and adoptive parents.
- 127.189 - Failure to comply; action to enforce terms.
- 127.1895 - Modification or termination: Conditions; presumptions and considerations; scope.
- GENERAL PROVISIONS
- 127.003 - Definitions.
- 127.005 - Applicability.
- 127.007 - State Register for Adoptions: Establishment; contents; release of information.
- 127.008 - State Register of Children with Special Needs.
- 127.009 - Booklet on adoption: Preparation; contents; annual revision; distribution; acceptance of gifts and grants to assist production and distribution.
- INTERSTATE COMPACT ON ADOPTION AND MEDICAL ASSISTANCE
- INTERSTATE COMPACT ON PLACEMENT OF CHILDREN
- PLACEMENT OF CHILDREN FOR ADOPTION AND PERMANENT FREE CARE
- 127.220 - Definitions.
- 127.230 - Standards for and regulation of child-placing agencies; regulation of agencies which provide child welfare services; regulation of adoption or placement of children.
- 127.240 - License: Requirement; exceptions.
- 127.250 - License: Application; issuance; renewal.
- 127.270 - License: Refusal to issue or renew; notice and hearing; appeals.
- 127.275 - Fees for services provided by agency which provides child welfare services.
- 127.280 - Requirements for placement of child in home of prospective parents for trial period; verification of intent of natural parents.
- 127.2805 - Investigation of prospective adoptive parents.
- 127.281 - Search for criminal record of prospective adoptive parent.
- 127.2815 - Placement of child during investigation; notice and placement of child upon completion of investigation.
- 127.2817 - Criteria for determination of suitability of prospective adoptive home; opportunity for prospective adoptive parents to review and respond to unfavorable investigation.
- 127.282 - Petition for order to restrain and enjoin violation or threatened violation of chapter; investigation of unreported adoption or permanent free care of unrelated child.
- 127.2825 - Child-placing agency required to give preference to placement of child with siblings of child.
- 127.2827 - Orders for visitation with sibling of child in custody of agency which provides child welfare services: Previous orders of such visitation to be provided to court during adoption proceeding
- 127.283 - Publication or broadcast of information concerning child.
- 127.285 - Limitation on participation of attorneys in adoption proceedings; reporting of violation to bar association; criminal penalty.
- 127.287 - Payment to or acceptance by natural parent of compensation in return for placement for or consent to adoption of child.
- 127.288 - Penalty for unlawful payment to or acceptance by natural parent of compensation.
- 127.290 - Acceptance of fees or compensation for placing or arranging placement of child.
- 127.300 - Penalty for receipt of compensation by unlicensed person for placing or arranging placement of child.
- 127.310 - Unlawful placement or advertising; penalty.